Taiwanese units of measurement

Taioaan thoanthorng ee tan'ui hexthorng (Engguo: Taiwanese units of measurement) si Taioaan thong'iong ee tan'ui hexthorng ciid.

Tngto (Linear measure)

Linear measure in Taiwan is largely metric (kongchiQq, meter) but some units derived from traditional Japanese units of measurement remain in use.

• 1 chiQq (尺, shaku, foot) = 10 zhuxn (寸, inches) = 0.30 meters
• taichiQq - Taiwanese inch
• tailie

Biexnzeg (area)

Unlike with other measures, area continues to be almost exclusively measured with traditional rather than SI units. Taiwanese units of land measurement derive from both traditional Dutch and Japanese measurements. The principal unit of land measure, the kaq, derives from the obsolete Dutch unit of measure, the akker which was introduced in Taiwan's era of Dutch colonization. The principal unit for measuring the floorspace of an office or apartment, the pheeng, like the Korean pyeong, derives from the Japanese tsubo, and is the size of one sleeping (tatami) mat. The lee represented the area that could be farmed by one man with one head of oxen and one plow.

• 1 tviulee (張犁) = 5 kaq (甲) = 4.85 hectares
• 1 kaq = 5 lee (犁) = 2934 pheeng (坪) = 0.97 hectares
• 1 lee = 587 pheeng = 0.194 hectares
• 1 bor (畝) = 30 pheeng = 99.3 square meters
• 1 pheeng = 3.31 square meters
• hwn

Iongliong (volume)

• TaiciQh
• Taitao
• Taicyn

Taxngliong (weight/mass)

• Tainiuo = 1 niuo (兩, tael) = 10 cvii (錢, mace) = 100 hwn (分, candareen) = 1000 buun (文, cash) = 37.5 g (but 50 g in modern China)
• Taikyn = 1 kyn/kwn (斤, catty) = 16 niuo (兩, taels) = 600 g
• tvax (擔, picul) = 100 Taikyn = 60 kg